2nd place in the Super League table for Sabah so far this season, a potent performance. The match-going supporters hope for more joy as 8th-placed Pahang visit Stadium Likas.
- Sabah have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Pahang have the most dropped points from leading position (10) in Super League
These teams have little in common geographically as Pahang have to travel 3800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Sabah form and stats
Sabah have secured 6 points from their first three home games in the Super League. A decent catch, still with room for improvement. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Sabah after consecutive victories at their own ground.
Happy days for Sabah in their previous game, a fixture away at Pulau Pinang (placed 12th) that ended with a 4-2 victory. A goal frenzy last time out for Sabah, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Pulau Pinang. Fun stuff to watch!
Before that, Sabah had a home game versus Kedah which ended with a victory 4-0.Goals decide football matches and Sabah are scoring many of them at home; 7 on target from 3 league matches. Sabah have only conceded 2 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Pahang form and stats
1 win, 1 draw and 2 losses. That’s the product of Pahang playing as the away team in the Super League this season.
Pahang are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 2-2 draw at Johor Darul Ta'zim (placed 1st). Hidalgo has scored for the away side three fixtures in a row. The know-how!
The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Selangor United.We have checked recent matches where Pahang have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 4 games were 2 victories, 0 draws and 2 defeats.
Pahang have scored 5 goals on their travels this season, from 4 away games in the league. As for defending, Pahang rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 7 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head to head totals (for the preceeding nine meetings): Sabah won one game, three matches ended with a tie and Pahang managed five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fourTop Goalscorers
  M. Hidalgo Gasparini 4 goals |  M. bin Yahyah 3 goals | M. bin Abdul Azih 3 goals |
Sabah missing players
Pahang missing players
| Sabah | Pahang | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 13 | 7 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 57% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 75% | 88% |
| 43% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 75% | 75% |
| 43% | 67% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 50% | 38% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 29% | 33% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 75% | 88% |
| 43% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 25% | 12% |
| 4.3 | 4.7 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.5 | 6 | 4.4 |
| 3.7 | 4 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5 | 3.4 |
| 1.9 | 1.7 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | 1.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9.9 | 10.7 | 3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 6.5 | 7 |
| 5 | 5.7 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.2 | 2.9 |
| 37% | 41% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 38% | 48% |
| 8 | 5.7 | 1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 18 | 15.8 | 10.1 |
| 3.4 | 2.3 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 6.8 | 4.6 |
- Pahang have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Pahang have the most dropped points from leading position (10) in Super League
- Pahang have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Pahang haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sabah have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Sabah haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Johor Darul Ta'zim | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 16 |
| 2 | Sabah | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 15 |
| 3 | Negeri Sembilan | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 |
| 4 | Kedah | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 12 | -4 | 14 |
| 5 | Kuala Lumpur | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 13 |
| 6 | Selangor | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 8 |
| 7 | MISC | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -2 | 8 |
| 8 | Pahang | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 8 |
| 9 | Melaka United | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -2 | 7 |
| 10 | Selangor United | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | -9 | 7 |
| 11 | Terengganu | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| 12 | Pulau Pinang | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -7 | 3 |
